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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index ce63defff..9ed721118 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -139,6 +139,24 @@ manually joining branches on commit. where the repository URL ends and where the repository path begins. +-T<trunk_subdir>:: +--trunk=<trunk_subdir>:: +-t<tags_subdir>:: +--tags=<tags_subdir>:: +-b<branches_subdir>:: +--branches=<branches_subdir>:: + These are the command-line options for multi-init. Each of + these flags can point to a relative repository path + (--tags=project/tags') or a full url + (--tags=https://foo.org/project/tags) + +--prefix=<prefix> + This allows one to specify a prefix which is prepended to the + names of remotes. The prefix does not automatically include a + trailing slash, so be sure you include one in the argument if + that is what you want. This is useful if you wish to track + multiple projects that share a common repository. + 'multi-fetch':: This runs fetch on all known SVN branches we're tracking. This will NOT discover new branches (unlike git-svnimport), so @@ -153,7 +171,7 @@ OPTIONS --shared:: --template=<template_directory>:: Only used with the 'init' command. - These are passed directly to gitlink:git-init-db[1]. + These are passed directly to gitlink:git-init[1]. -r <ARG>:: --revision <ARG>:: @@ -231,8 +249,7 @@ repo-config key: svn.authorsfile -q:: --quiet:: - Make git-svn less verbose. This only affects git-svn if you - have the SVN::* libraries installed and are using them. + Make git-svn less verbose. --repack[=<n>]:: --repack-flags=<flags> @@ -303,8 +320,6 @@ for more information on using GIT_SVN_ID. started tracking a branch and never tracked the trunk it was descended from. - This relies on the SVN::* libraries to work. - repo-config key: svn.followparent --no-metadata:: @@ -332,25 +347,6 @@ Run this if you used an old version of git-svn that used "git-svn-HEAD" instead of "remotes/git-svn" as the branch for tracking the remote. ---no-ignore-externals:: -Only used with the 'fetch' and 'rebuild' command. - -This command has no effect when you are using the SVN::* -libraries with git, svn:externals are always avoided. - -By default, git-svn passes --ignore-externals to svn to avoid -fetching svn:external trees into git. Pass this flag to enable -externals tracking directly via git. - -Versions of svn that do not support --ignore-externals are -automatically detected and this flag will be automatically -enabled for them. - -Otherwise, do not enable this flag unless you know what you're -doing. - -repo-config key: svn.noignoreexternals - --ignore-nodate:: Only used with the 'fetch' command. @@ -371,7 +367,7 @@ Basic Examples Tracking and contributing to a the trunk of a Subversion-managed project: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -# Initialize a repo (like git init-db): +# Initialize a repo (like git init): git-svn init http://svn.foo.org/project/trunk # Fetch remote revisions: git-svn fetch @@ -392,7 +388,7 @@ See also: '<<tracking-multiple-repos,Tracking Multiple Repositories or Branches>>' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -# Initialize a repo (like git init-db): +# Initialize a repo (like git init): git-svn multi-init http://svn.foo.org/project \ -T trunk -b branches -t tags # Fetch remote revisions: @@ -468,49 +464,18 @@ This allows you to tie unfetched SVN revision 375 to your current HEAD: git-svn fetch 375=$(git-rev-parse HEAD) ------------------------------------------------ -Advanced Example: Tracking a Reorganized Repository -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Note: this example is now obsolete if you have SVN::* libraries -installed. Simply use --follow-parent when fetching. - If you're tracking a directory that has moved, or otherwise been branched or tagged off of another directory in the repository and you -care about the full history of the project, then you can read this -section. - -This is how Yann Dirson tracked the trunk of the ufoai directory when -the /trunk directory of his repository was moved to /ufoai/trunk and -he needed to continue tracking /ufoai/trunk where /trunk left off. +care about the full history of the project, then you can use +the --follow-parent option. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - # This log message shows when the repository was reorganized: - r166 | ydirson | 2006-03-02 01:36:55 +0100 (Thu, 02 Mar 2006) | 1 line - Changed paths: - D /trunk - A /ufoai/trunk (from /trunk:165) - - # First we start tracking the old revisions: - GIT_SVN_ID=git-oldsvn git-svn init \ - https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ufoai/trunk - GIT_SVN_ID=git-oldsvn git-svn fetch -r1:165 - - # And now, we continue tracking the new revisions: - GIT_SVN_ID=git-newsvn git-svn init \ - https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ufoai/ufoai/trunk - GIT_SVN_ID=git-newsvn git-svn fetch \ - 166=`git-rev-parse refs/remotes/git-oldsvn` ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ + git-svn fetch --follow-parent +------------------------------------------------ BUGS ---- -If you are not using the SVN::* Perl libraries and somebody commits a -conflicting changeset to SVN at a bad moment (right before you commit) -causing a conflict and your commit to fail, your svn working tree -($GIT_DIR/git-svn/tree) may be dirtied. The easiest thing to do is -probably just to rm -rf $GIT_DIR/git-svn/tree and run 'rebuild'. You -can avoid this problem entirely by using 'dcommit'. - We ignore all SVN properties except svn:executable. Too difficult to map them since we rely heavily on git write-tree being _exactly_ the same on both the SVN and git working trees and I prefer not to clutter |